Frazer Irving

Irving, like everyone, had several difficulties in his life. The first difficulty Irving had was about living through a writing profession. During Irving’s time in the early 19th century, writing wasn’t a profession in America that could be taken seriously for a living. (Hedges) America’s publications were too small (Washington), foreign publications that were imported to America were too cheap, and American literature hadn’t fully emerged yet. (Hedges) Irving was born just after the Revolutionary

Sleepy Hollow is a gothic horror film directed by Tim Burton in 1999. It tells the story of when Ichabod Crane is sent to the isolated town of Sleepy Hollow to solve the mystery of the Headless Horseman. The isolated gloomy setting for example, when Ichabod Crane enters the town, the film techniques such as music and lighting such as when the Headless Horseman appears combined with characters that have supernatural powers including Catrina and Lady Van Tassel reinforces the idea that Sleepy Hollow

The seminar that was conducted among the students in the IB English class focused on the novel “A Prayer for Owen Meany” and the film “Simon Birch”. Upon this two topic, the students were able to concisely derive insightful meanings of the both the novel and the film. Personally, I believe that the class did an incredible job in conducting the seminar. All students had an opportunity to participate and certain students asked questions that transpired in the entire class to engage in a sociable discussion

In order to name people who are like Rip Van Winkle we should know more about Rip Van Winkle. Rip is a person who would rather starve on a penny than work for a pound, and he takes the world easy. In the book on page 311 it says “The great error in Rip’s composition was an insuperable aversion to all kinds of profitable labor.”, and it is saying Rip had a distaste for all kind of gainful jobs. Rip was ready to join everyone else business, but not to his own. His family duty and the keeping of

Washington Irving is a well-known author famous for his stories “Rip Van Winkle” and “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow.” During the time Irving was writing “Rip Van Winkle,” Americans were fascinated with the Romanticism Era. The era was known for literature that emphasized emotions and they lived to read about past events. No one had ever tried to link America’s history to fictional literature. Irving successively wrote a short story based on the German folktale “Peter Klaus the Goatherd.” Although Irving’s

story, Washington Irving uses many stylistic ideas to create a fantastically detailed and descriptive romantic folk tale. Irving begins The Legend of Sleepy Hollow with a vivid description of the setting of his story. Beginning with the Dutch history of the area, he goes on to describe the town as "one of the quietest places in the whole world", with a tranquil brook running through it and the sweet sounds of chirping birds all around (1). Irving delves into the town's

On the contrary, Washington Irving describes Ichabod Crane as, “tall, but exceedingly lank, with narrow shoulders, long arms and legs, hand that dangled a mile out of his sleeves, feet that might have served for shovels, and his whole frame most loosely hung together. His head was small, and flat at top, with huge ears, large green glassy eyes, and a long snipe nose so that it might have been mistaken for a weathercock perched upon his spindle neck” (Irving 43). This description gives the audience

Washington Irving was born in New York City on April 3, 1783 (“Washington Irving”). As a teenager, he traveled through Europe for seventeen years (“Washington Irving”). The experience gave him an appreciation for a culture deeply rooted in a rich history (“Washington Irving”). His distinguished list of works became well known in America and in England, and his success allowed him to be recognized as “the father of American Literature” (“Washington Irving”). Irving was the first American writer to

The symbolic relationship between John Henry and his hammer was like Poseidon and his trident; both objects completed who they were as a person. John Henry was given the hammer as a young boy. "When John Henry was a little baby, Sittin' on his daddy's kneeHe picked up a hammer, a little piece of steel, Said hammer be the death of me, Lord, Lord..." He was an eager person to use his hammer so he would go to the mountains just to here his hammer hit against rocks . "John Henry he could hammer, he could

been nipped by the frosts into brilliant dyes of orange, purple, and scarlet." In Washington Irving “The Legend of sleepy Hollow,” setting, characterization, and Irony affect the protagonist in several ways. The night setting is important because it further emphasizes the superstitious theme. A somnolent, illusory effect appears to be dangling around the surrounding, and to spread through the air (Irving). This passage shows, for instance, some of the villagers believe that the town was bewitched